أَنِسَfound solace الهَوىlove بِبَنيwith the sons of العُمومَةِpaternal uncles فيin الحَشاthe breast
أَنِسَ الهَوى بِبَني العُمومَةِ في الحَشا
مُستَوحِشاًfeeling estranged مِنfrom سائِرِall other الإيناسِcompanionship
مُستَوحِشاً مِن سائِرِ الإيناسِ
Love, deep in my breast, grew intimate with my paternal kinsmen,
Love within the breast found solace with the paternal cousins,
finding every other companionship alien.
Estranged from all other companionship.
وَإِذاand when تَكامَلَتِreach perfection الفَضائِلُthe virtues كُنتُمُyou are
وَإِذا تَكامَلَتِ الفَضائِلُ كُنتُمُ
أَولىmost worthy بِذَلِكَof that ياO بَنيsons of العَبّاسِal-ʿAbbās
أَولى بِذَلِكَ يا بَني العَبّاسِ
And when noble virtues reach perfection, you are
And when virtues reach perfection, you are
those with the greatest claim to it, O sons of al-ʿAbbās.
Most worthy of that, O sons of al-ʿAbbās.
Sol 6.1